Roadside Inspection 88713813

Roadside inspection on Aug 16, 2026 in Iowa • Carrier: MARTIN BROS DISTRIBUTING (USDOT 229003) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88713813
Date:
Aug 16, 2026
State:
Iowa
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
IA
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
FT4538 (IA)

What this inspection means

One violation was recorded; no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 1.

Compared to the median Level 2 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.70 violations per inspection across 129 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Iowa
1
Cleaner than median (2)
Median of 6,451 Level 2 inspections in Iowa during 2026
vs typical at IA
1
Cleaner than station median (2)
Median of 34 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 550,077 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
52%
31 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
1
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
7
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.14 per inspection
Prior 365 days
31
22 violations · 4 OOS · 0.71 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (1 violations across 7 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.70 per inspection).

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHLDV3PSNX9348 IA FT4538 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V402K7PJ518403 IA MX5364 HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2023

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.67C7V-F Fuel - Missing/improper filler cap. 1 Vehicle Maintenance

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
88848029 Aug 27, 2026 IL L3 I-90 2
88848019 Aug 27, 2026 IL L3 I-74 0
88576248 Jul 30, 2026 IL L3 0
88322236 Jul 3, 2026 IL L2 0
88296948 Jun 29, 2026 IL L3 0
88242075 Jun 24, 2026 IL L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
81472775 Apr 18, 2024 IL L3 3H3V402K7PJ518403
80051176 Oct 31, 2023 NE L3 3AKJHLDV3PSNX9348

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